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Monday, May 15, 2017

The EVO-STIK League Southern is looking
forward to playing its part in Non-League’s brand new pyramid after the
Football Association announced the results of the biggest shake-up to
the structure of the grassroots game in more than a decade.

The EVO-STIK League Southern was chosen on
Thursday to manage and run the new Step 3 division which is being
created for the start of the 2018-19 season. This follows a long-awaited
review of Steps 3 and 4 of the National League System to iron out
geographical anomalies, cut down on travelling costs and time for fans,
players and officials and encourage more Step 5 clubs to climb the
pyramid. The first major restructuring of the game since 2004 will
also see the creation of a new Step 4 division which will be run by the
Isthmian League. In total, the 276 clubs currently playing in Steps 1 to 4 will increase
by 20 to 296 when the two new divisions kick-off in August 2018. Across
the board, the reshuffle will see the three current Step 3 divisions of
24 clubs increase to four divisions of 22 clubs while the six Step 4
divisions currently run by the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League
and Southern League will rise from 136 clubs playing in six divisions to
seven 20 club divisions.
To achieve its aim, the FA also confirmed that only the bottom clubs in
the current Step 3 divisions will be relegated at the end of season
2017-2018. In addition, only the clubs finishing last in the six
divisions currently operating at Step 4 will be relegated next season
with 26 clubs coming up from Step 5.EVO-STIK League Southern chairman Terry Barratt said: "We are are
delighted. This is great news after a great deal of hard work by the
league and we are now looking forward to catering to thousands of more
fans from 2018-19 after beating off stiff competition from a number of
other leagues who'd declared an interest in running the new divisions."

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